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UNITED STATES .PATENT FFICEQ ROBERT J. VICTOR, OF HUDSONDALE,PENNSYLVANIA.

MlNClNG-KNIFE.

sPEorFrcATroN forming para of Letters Patent No. 293,542, dated February1.2, 1884.

Application tiled April 16, 1883. (No model.)

To all wlw/n, t may concern:

Beit known that L'ROBERT J. Vieron, of Hudsondale, in the county ofCarbon and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Mincers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in certain Improve ments in mincers or hashersheld and operated by hand, whereby they are simplified in' constructionand made more efficient in operation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is 'a perspective view of myimproved minoer with all the parts in place; Fig. 2,. a detail view,showing the manner of connecting the blades to the handle, and Figs. 3and 4 illustrate the form-of blade employed and the manner of connectingthem together.

To construct my improved mincer I provide a number of triangularmetallic knives or blades, A B C D, preferably shaped like a highisoseeles triangle, as shown in Figs. 3

and 4. The blades may be conveniently cut from a strip of sheet metalwithout waste, and their bases are sharpened to form cutting edges c.The a'pexes of the blades are cut away to form shanks b, with shouldersc, and

Vare formed with correlative slots,\by which they may be connectedtogether and held by the handle, at the same time mutually supportingand strengthening each other. In Fig. 8 is shown the manner of formingand cutting the blades when three knives are employed. The blade A isformed with a single slot, d, which extends from the apex down throughthe center of the blade, terminating ashort distance fromthe base,leaving a bridge, e. The` blade B is formed with a short slot, f,extendingI from its base upward, and being equal in length to the widthof the bridge e, and a longer slot, g, similar to but somewhat shorterthan the slot d. A bridge, h, separates the slots f and g. The blade Cis formed with a single slot, t, which extends from the base upward, andwhich equals in length the distance from the bottom of the slot g to thecutting-edge of the `blade B.' Thewidth of the slots should be equal tothe thicknessof rIhe Ablades are put together by first passing the bladeB down into `the slot d down into the two slots d and g until the bridgev7L enters the slot t', and the blade C rests upon the vbridge h. Thiswill bring the cutting-edges in line and the blades will be disposedradially, as shown in Fig. 1.

I preferably employ a handle, such as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in which astock, E, is provided with a ferrule, .Lagainst which the shoulders c ofthe blades bear, and sockets for receiving the shanks Z. Asthusconstructed, the mincer is strong, durable, and inexpensive, anddoes the work efficiently. By having the knives disposed radially, asshown, and decreasing in width from the base to the handle, the mincedsubstance will belesslikely to back between the blades. l

My improvement-s are especially designedlt t7@ be employed inmeattenderers and other kin-i,

for mincing meat and vegetables, but may also dred instruments'.

In Fig. 4 is shown the'manner of disposing the slots when four bladesVare employed. It will be observed that the rst blade,A,in the series isformed with a single slot extending from the top downward,and the lastb1ade,D,

p with a slot extending from the bottom upward,

and the intermediate blades are each formed with two slots, with anarrow bridge betweenof the blade A until the bridge h rests upon Athebridge e, and then passing the blade C length the difference between theentire length of the preceding blade and the length of its upper slot.Following this rule the number of blades may be increased. I prefer,however, to employ three, or, at most, four blades.

I claim as my invention- 1."Ihe combination of the handle and the bladesarranged radially therein, the rst blade of the series being providedwith a single long slot, the last blade with a shortl slot, and each ofthe Vintermediate blades with both a long and a short slot, as setforth, by which the blades may all be connected together, substantiallyas described.

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2. The combination, substantially as dei scribed myname this 13th dayofApril, D.

scribed, of the handle and the blades formed 1883. with oorrelativeslot-s, whereby they may be connected together, as set forth, and with 5Shanks and shoulders, by which they may be Witnesses:

fixed on the handle. Y GILLINGHAM F. KisNER,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- ERAsTUs S. DoUD.

RGBT. J. VICTOR.

